Walter Gronostay
| Walter Gronostay | |
|---|---|
| Born |
29 July 1906 Berlin, Brandenburg German Empire |
| Died |
10 October 1937 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 1929 - 1937 (film) |
Walter Gronostay (1906–1937) was a German composer noted for his work on film scores. Gronostay studied under Arnold Schoenberg.[1] From the late 1920s he began working on film music for a mixture of feature films and documentaries. Along with Herbert Windt he composed the music for Leni Riefenstahl's 1938 documentary Olympia,[2] but died unexpectadly at the age of 31 before the film was released.
Selected filmography
- The Tunnel (1933)
- The Tunnel (1933, French version)
- Lady Windermere's Fan (1935)
- Friesennot (1935)
- Rubber (1936)
- City of Anatol (1936)
- Olympia (1938)
References
Bibliography
- Mera, Miguel & Burnand, David. European Film Music. Ashgate Publishing, 2006.
- Rother, Rainer. Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2003.